In a tragic incident, three minor children were charred to death when their thatched house caught fire in Hapur on Sunday morning.The victims had been identified as Safa (8), Ummed (6) and Abu Zehar (8), all children of Afzaal of Pajehdakala village under Dhaulana police station area. A report said the victims were at home after their parents and other elder members of their family went to the field for cultivation work around 9 am.
They began playing with fire and inadvertently the fire caught into the hut. Unaware of deadliness of fire, they remained busy while rollicking with one another. In between the fire took a violent turn. The victims were trapped in fire and the only way out they though to cry for help. But in the roaring fire no body heard the distress call.
The villagers rushed the scene and they also informed Afzaal about this. It was only then the villagers knew that the little children were trapped in the fire. A rescue operation had got already delayed due to ignorance and only charred bodies were recovered after the fire was contained. The police reached the place on information. A case has been registered in this connection and further investigations are on. loot Two miscreants riding a motorcycle snatched a bag containing Rs 95,000 and artificial jewelries from a trader in Gorakhpur around 11 am on Sunday. The victim identified as Harjeet of Ghantaghar in Gorakhpur was going to railway station and had tucked the bag under his armpit. When he was about to reach the railway station the miscreants snatched the bag and sped off. The police had registered a case in this connection.